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Acting on a tip-off, the Mumbai Police rescued seven women involved in prostitution and arrested the human traffickers caught up in the case. Deputy Commissioner of Police of Mumbai, B G Shekhar confirmed that seven women are rescued and men are detained. Shekhar further added that the girls were supplied to the customers for an amount of 2000-5000 rupees. Police have charged the traffickers under the prohibition act and the Bombay police act. The Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act (PITA) act is meant to combat trafficking of females as well as prostitution in the city. Voluntary groups estimate that there are about 2 million female sex workers, most of them trafficked or forced into the work by poverty.